There are four facilities in Albemarle, North Carolina, so at least you have a few options. We awarded the nursing homes in this city city grade of C, which isn't quite as strong of a grade as we had hoped for. This score is not necessarily the end of the world, but it is definitely below average by national standards. Finally, this city's nursing homes were consistent in all four of our categories. More information about its category grades can be found in the next section.
This city received a fairly ordinary overall grade, but we really want to point out that some of the nursing homes in the city nearly flawless health inspections the past few years. We awarded them an impressive grade of A- in this area. Inspection ratings are tied to many datapoints found on the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Places that receive favorable grades in this category typically have very few deficiencies on those reports. Most importantly, these places generally do not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with endangerment of patients. The second best score we gave this city in any category was its nursing rating, where we gave it a B-. In the other categories we looked at, this place earned a C for its long-term care rating and a C in short-term care.